Texas ILL's and Apollo
Set and Forget Features
Automatic data updates
Apollo will automatically send your item records to Texas ILL
Max percentage of your collection to lend out
Once the max percentage is set and met, you won’t be asked to lend more items out
Max loans to send per week
Limit the number of ILL loans filled per week
Length of outgoing ILL loans
Set the length in days of loaning items through ILL
Days of the week
If you have certain days where you can’t fill ILL loans, set that in Apollo
Lending out new books
Set how long a newly cataloged book needs to be in your catalog before it’s available for lending
Granular loaning parameters
If you want to set ILL loaning parameters by material type, you can do that in Apollo
Add a fee
Set to add an automatic fee to an ILL loan to help defray some of the shipping costs
Receiving an ILL
Normal workflow retention
As much of your normal workflow is retained as possible – it’s a lot!
Incoming ILL book
Mark book as recieved in the Texas ILL system
Check book in through Apollo
Your standard check in process for any item
Check book out to patron through Apollo
This your standard checkout procedure as for any item
Lending an ILL
Normal workflow retention
As much of your normal workflow is retained as possible – it’s a lot!
Pull item off shelf
ILL item will show in Apollo in the same way any other reserve will show
Scan item
Part of your standard workflow – Apollo will notify you that this is an ILL to be sent out
Mark as sent
Mark the item as sent in Texas ILL system
